James Inhofe actually said...

"If you stop the drilling, stop our ability to produce and export our own resources, we are going to have to be reliant upon foreign countries."

"If the liability cap is increased to levels we understand are now under consideration, in our view only the major oil companies and the NOCs would be in a position to do this."

"How would cap and trade, a massive energy tax on consumers, stop the spill?"

"The President's active drilling suspension alone will result in the loss of 3,000 to 6,000 Louisiana jobs in the next few weeks."